Daniel 9

Quest. Why did Christ suffer? Resp. Surely not for any desert of his own, (Daniel 9:26) The Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself; it was for us, (Isaiah 53:6) Unus peccat alius plectitor; He suffered that he might satisfy God's justice for us. We by our sins had infinit…

Answer: He does it like a God, in wisdom. 1. He does it sometimes suddenly, as the Angel was caused to fly swiftly (Daniel 9:21). So God sometimes makes a deliverance fly swiftly upon the wing, and on a sudden he turns the shadow of death into the light of the morning.

And how nimble are they? The angel Gabriel in a short time came from heaven to the earth (Daniel 9:21). As the helm turns the ship instantly wherever the steersman will; so the body in an instant will move whichever way the soul will.

4. That the Scripture is the Word of God is evident by its predictions; it prophesies of things to come. This shows the voice of God speaking in it; it was foretold by the prophet, a virgin shall conceive (Isaiah 7:14), and the Messiah shall be cut off (Daniel 9:26). The Scriptu…

If one angel slew so many, what would an army of angels have done? 3. The angels are a swift guard; they are ready in an instant to help God's children; therefore they are described with wings to show their swiftness, they fly to our help, (Daniel 9:21, 23). At the beginning of…

Mercy goes by favor, punishment by desert. To us belongs confusion of face (Daniel 9:8). Wrath is that which belongs to us as we are sinners; it is as due to us as any wages that is paid.

He who can foretell things which shall surely come to pass, is the true God. God foretold that a virgin should conceive, he prefixed the time when the Messiah should be cut off (Daniel 9:26), he foretold the captivity of the Jews in Babylon, and who should be their deliverer (Is…

Domitian would not have his image carved in wood or iron, but in gold: God will have the best we have, golden services. 6. We do God's Will as the Angels in Heaven, when we do it readily and swiftly; the Angels do not dispute or reason the case, but as soon as they have their ch…

Atonement was made for sin (Romans 5:11): By whom we have now received the atonement; and peace was made with God (Ephesians 2:14): For he is our peace, who has made both one, that he might reconcile both to God in one body by the Cross, having slain the enmity thereby. Made an…

Imputation alone is that which makes it his, and that [illegible] God's act; and he did never by any thing that he has done lay any the least obligation upon God to do it; and that must needs be most free, to the earning and procuring which, we have never done any thing, [illegi…

And this he did virtually in the sacrifice of himself, or the blood of his Cross, fulfilling and finishing of them all (John 19:30), breaking down the middle wall of partition, abolishing in his flesh the enmity, even the Law of Commandments contained in ordinances, blotting out…

'All fullness dwells in him who is our righteousness' (Colossians 1:19) and has dwelt in him longer than sin has dwelt in you. And the righteousness of our Messiah is 'everlasting righteousness' (Daniel 9:24), the merit of which an eternity of sinning could not expend or make vo…

Not for himself. For as the Messiah was not slain for himself, Daniel 9:26 so he obeyed not the Law for himself. For whom then?

No doubt, the Author of this Epistle was an Apostle, and had most notable gifts by virtue of his calling, and yet he bestowed pains in viewing the particular words of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, recorded by Moses in the book of Genesis. Daniel also was an extraordinary Prophet: y…

For by him are all that believe justified from all things, from which they could not be justified by the Law of Moses (Acts 13:39). To this end he brought in everlasting righteousness (Daniel 9:24). Not a temporary righteousness suited to the age of the Church under the Old Cove…

As to the particular precise times or seasons of them, while they are future, he has reserved them to himself, unless where he has seen good to make some especial revelation of them. So he did of the times of the sojourning of the children of Israel in Egypt, of the Babylonish C…

And Holy in the Hebrew is of the singular number; Holies of the plural; but in the Greek both are of the plural number. And what is thus called was most eminently typical of Christ who is called by this name (Daniel 9:24), to anoint the most Holy. The place in the Tabernacle whi…

Then had the Law its crown and glory when it was fulfilled in Christ. This the Church of Israel ought to have learned and believed, and did so while they continued to pray for mercy for the Lord's sake, as Daniel 9:17. But afterwards when they rejected the knowledge hereof, and…

Yours is the glory] This third property of God arises from the two former, for seeing the title and interest in all things, and the power whereby they are disposed and governed, is of God: therefore it follows that all glory is his: indeed in him is fullness of glory, and the gl…

It is called the house of God (Ephesians 2:19). They that believe are said to be of the household of God: secondly, the parts of the Catholic church are noted, namely, the saints in heaven departed, and saints living on earth: thirdly, it is said to be named of the father of Chr…

A good scribe indeed must bring forth out of his treasury things both new and old, represent common things in a fresh savory way; yet 'tis not altogether unlawful to make use of the words of others, where they are poignant and emphatical, not lazily to go on in the tract, but as…

The souls of the elect are as it were put out to the angels to nurse, and when they die, these angels carry them home again to their Father's house. If an angel was caused to fly swiftly to bring a saint the answer to his prayer — Daniel 9:21 — how much more will the angels come…

And in Hezekiah's time, when the burnt-offering began, the song of the Lord began also, with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel (2 Chronicles 29:27, 28). But seeing Christ is come, and has caused the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and t…

Your prayers may be answered, though the thing prayed for be withheld, yes, or though it should be given for a little while and then taken from you again. There are four ways God answers prayers: by giving the thing prayed for immediately (Daniel 9:23); by suspending the answer…

Moses had the greatest manifestation of God's love after he had prayed for the Israelites though in a case of sin (Exodus 32:32), and presently after in (Exodus 33:11) God speaks with him face to face as a man speaks to his friend, and in the same chapter and the beginning of (E…

Secondly, the parts of the Catholic Church are noted, namely, the Saints in heaven departed, and saints living on earth. Thirdly, it is said to be named of the Father of Christ, because as the Father of Christ, is the Father of this family; so also this family is called by him (…

[Your is the glory.] This third property of God arises from the two former, for seeing the title and interest in all things, and the power whereby they are disposed and governed, is of God: therefore it follows, that all glory is his: yes, in him is fullness of glory, and the gl…

It's an excellent emblem for the expression of the vanity of many preachers that care for nothing but to satisfy their lusts, and shew their wit and parts, but care not for any fruit at all, care not for begetting any children to God; like harlots they desire not the fruit of th…

It was in answer to prayer, that God delivered his Church from the mighty host of the Assyrians, in Hezekiah's time; which dispensation is abundantly made use of, as a type of the great things God will do for the Christian Church in the latter days, in the prophecies of Isaiah.…

And since Satan was intent on pursuing and exercising the victory he had recently won over the human race to bring about the eternal destruction of all, God promises that that seed will not only wrest victory from his hands and divide the spoils with that strong one (Isaiah 53:1…

tions this people dwelt alone and was not reckoned among them. They contracted no marriages with the Chaldeans, no family alliances; moreover, they had without doubt carried with them very many copies of the sacred books — copies which the prophet Daniel used (Daniel 9:2). No on…

Ezra 9. Dan. 9. Luk. 15.

Againe, the Prophet Daniel was accepted of God onely for the doing of these things. Dan. 9. And in like manner was Paul, and the rest of the Apostles.

And thanksgiving for a benefit received, does greatly confirm our faith in requests, as Jacob's example does show (Genesis 32:10, 11, &c.). The form of requests, is set down in a copulative axiom, which numbers up six several petitions, where the bond or couple of the axiom is l…

2. If we look to the description of his person, it can agree to no other, for it is said, There was no guile found in his mouth, he was brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before the shearer is dumb, so he opened not his mouth, etc.; he had no sin of his own, whic…

To be cut off out of the land of the living, is to have an end put to the natural life, which is ordinarily done by death; but cutting off here signifies to be taken away not in an ordinary but in an extraordinary way, to be removed by a violent death by the stroke of justice. W…

And this guards against both the failings before mentioned, to wit, against anxiety on the one hand, [reconstructed: and] presumption on the other; against anxiety and fainting, when as there is not only a proposing of our desire, but a waiting for, and expectation of a hearing…

1. That a person pray to God, that he be called on, and worshipped. 2. That our addresses be not founded on anything in ourselves, but that there be a renouncing of our own righteousness, as it was with Daniel (Daniel 9:18): We do not present our supplications to you for our own…

James commands not such a confession. Daniel's, Ezra's, Peter's confession were some other thing (John 1:20; Acts 19:18; Hebrews 11:13; Proverbs 28:13; 1 John 4:2; Mark 3:6; Joshua 7:19; Daniel 9:4; Romans 10:10; 1 Timothy 6:13; Psalm 32:5; James 5:16; Leviticus 5:5; Leviticus 1…

Even they that make a covenant with God, they often break covenant with him; and so often as you entertain any thought in your mind, wherein you have not consulted with God, and do anything further than you have warrant from God, so often have you broken covenant; so often as th…

This has been the course of God's dealing with the prayer makers all along; Abel (Genesis 4:4) God had respect to; it is [reconstructed: in the original], set his offering on fire. Daniel prays, and he says (Daniel 9:21), While I was speaking in prayer the Angel Gabriel was sent…

So the predictions of the prophets (Isaiah 53:10): yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him, he has put him to grief; when you shall make your soul an offering for sin, etc. And (Daniel 9:26): the Messiah shall be cut off but not for himself. In short, that Christ should die for th…

The point being a matter of sense, and evident by natural light, needs not to be proved so much as improved. 1. Scripture represents him as such (Daniel 9:4): he is called the great and dreadful God, so (Deuteronomy 7:21): a mighty God and terrible, and (Nahum 1:5): a great and…

This is the third direction; let your prayers be warranted by the Word. 4. Improve your advocate (John 14:13). Whatever you ask in my name, that will I do: To ask anything in his name is not, rudely, customarily, or perfunctorily to conclude with these words, Through Jesus Chris…

Isa 53:11. Dan 9:25. He brings euerlasting righteousnes.

God promised deliverance after 70 years captivity to the Israelites in Babylon. When this time was expired, Daniel prayed, and at the very beginning of his supplications, the decree of God for deliverance came forth (Daniel 9:23). The vision of God (says the Prophet) is for an a…

It has bin the fashion of all holy men to acquaint themselues with this one lesson, that they were by nature under the law, specially then when they were to humble themselues in the presence of God. Daniel in his prayer, ascribes shame and confusion to himselfe, Dan. 9. accordin…

And this has been always the help of the godly in their distress. Read 2 Chronicles 33:12; Ezra 9; Daniel 9; Psalm 32; 31; 130; 143. Consider the example of the Publican, and the Prodigal son, who condemn themselves, and make their appeal to the court of mercy and grace.

For he takes the midst of the earth for the heart of it, that is to say, for the places most strong and best fortified. Many think the word Consumption should be an adjective: but I had rather affirm that it is a substantive, according to which sense it is taken in Daniel (Danie…

Nor can it be doubted, that this divine intimation, which he received in his individual and private capacity, was intended generally for the confirmation of all the godly. Jesus is called the Lord's Christ, because he was anointed It is scarcely necessary to remind the reader, t…